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Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Eliminating plastics

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Plastisphere, "Yum, Plastic" (Environmental Science and Technology),   Grist *** In a recent post, I offered information ab...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Cosmology: a change in perspective

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Video credits: Science Channel , "Viewing the Universe for the First Time"   *** Assuming you're the center of anything...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The power of collapsing bubbles

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This cloud of collapsing bubbles are lit up by their own sonoluminescence (2005). Nature *** Cavitation is the term for a phenomenon...
Monday, February 01, 2016

Science: the brain, the immune system, and C4

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Human body, lymphatic system, livescience *** Two separate scientific reports give concrete information on how the brain and immune s...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Making sure the water is safe...to drink

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Filtering water, Outdoor Gear Lab *** With Flint Michigan's water crisis prominent in the news, let's take a look at what cit...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Science: 4 new elements found

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Periodic Table with new elements, 2016, Science Alert *** News coming across the virtual wire is Four new elements confirmed . The nu...
Monday, January 04, 2016

Science: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Captain Moore, posing with a water sample taken from the Great Garbage Patch. Courtesy of Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Yale Scie...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Science: diamonds, q-carbon, and other harder-than-diamond substances

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Graphite vs. diamonds, Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University *** It appears that diamonds have been the subject of research a...
Monday, December 07, 2015

Science: Tasting calcium

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Sixth taste discovered: calcium (image source: Dreamstime), Live Science *** A while back my taster was off. No, not my personal wine...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Science: possible new route to fusion

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Tri Alpha Energy plasma accelerator, Physics.org *** Time Magazine recently published an intriguing article about man's quest for...
Monday, November 09, 2015

The beauty trap

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Hedy Lamarr, Life Magazine (1942), reddit *** As you probably know, Google is featuring Hedy Lamarr with its current doodle. Beauty ...
Monday, October 26, 2015

Patricia and Wilma

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Hurricane Patricia, EcoWatch *** Early last Friday there was dire news of a category 5 hurricane, named Patricia , that was expected ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

DIY: a (smart) phone worth keeping

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Dave Hakkens , Phonebloks , Wikipedia *** In 2013 Dave Hakkens'  Phonebloks  campaign began with a single video. Dutch designer H...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Exploring Mudfooted

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Zoologist Jolle Jolles publishes a blog titled Mudfooted where you can find some eye-catching photos. He states his purpose thus: Mudfo...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Science: the cosmic web

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Cosmic Web, Open Science *** First of all, astronomers report an observed phenomenon called the cosmic web . The article It's Fil...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Science: A fluffy feathered poodle from hell

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A reconstruction of the new short-armed and winged feathered dinosaur Zhenyuanlong suni from the Early Cretaceous (ca. 125 million years ...
Monday, August 03, 2015

10 Percent and urban legend

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*** Being attracted by the premise that we only use 10% of our brains, the other night I watched " Lucy ," even though my (mo...